An update to the Government's NZ COVID Tracer app will be released this evening to provide more functions for users. These will allow: users to choose to be notified if they’ve visited a venue at the same time as someone who subsequently developed COVID-19 users can choose to send their digital diary to contact tracers if required there will be a vibrate mode when scanning QR codes to assist those who are visually impaired.
The app will automatically update to include these features unless updates have been disabled on the user’s phone. The app continues to protect the privacy of all users.
The notification feature does not involve sending any location data from the user's phone to the Ministry. More detailed information about the app is at